Things that Happened in France - Statistics

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Year Event Answer % Correct
1889 Tower which became the tallest human-built structure in history Eiffel Tower
97%
1793 Queen beheaded by guillotine Marie Antoinette
93%
1789 Prison stormed by a mob Bastille
91%
1959 President who founded the Fifth Republic Charles de Gaulle
88%
1799 General proclaimed as "First Consul" of the Republic Napoleon Bonaparte
87%
1940 Town from which British forces evacuated in advance of German troops Dunkirk
86%
1307 Military order who were arrested en masse on Friday the 13th Knights {Templar}
71%
1783 Flying device demonstrated by the Montgolfier brothers Hot air balloon
70%
1871 Country which besieged and captured Paris Prussia
70%
1306 Group of people banished from France and whose property was confiscated Jews
69%
845 Group who sailed up the Seine and sacked Paris Vikings
65%
1095 Conflict launched by Pope Urban at the Council of Clermont First Crusade
60%
52 BC Conqueror to whom Vercingetorix surrendered Julius Caesar
60%
1429 City liberated from an English siege by Joan of Arc Orleans
56%
1598 Group of people given rights by the Edict of Nantes Huguenots (Protestants)
54%
732 King who halted the Muslim advance at the Battle of Tours Charles Martel
48%
1858 Town where a peasant girl named Bernadette had visions of the Virgin Mary Lourdes
36%
508 Frankish king who was baptized Clovis
33%
1913 Composer whose ballet "The Rite of Spring" supposedly shocked concert goers Igor Stravinsky
20%
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